HO CHI MINH CITY -- The rebuke of coal has pushed countries like South Korea and Japan to embrace the harvesting of trees to be processed into wood pellets, but environmentalists are warning that this fuel might prove as damaging as the black mineral it is replacing.
Climate Change
Asia swaps coal for wood fuel, but emissions still a threat
Critics say biomass burning in South Korea and Japan poses logging, carbon risks
A clay path runs through a forest in Dong Nai Province. Vietnam's wood pellet exports have tripled in five years as Japan and South Korea look for an alternative to coal. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
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